Abstract
In response to the overwhelming burden of new cases of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), in 1997, initiated a project to examine the application of existing communication theories/models to HIV/acquired immune deficiency virus (AIDS) prevention and care in these regions. In the past 2 years, 103 leading researchers and practitioners from different parts of the world were invited by the UNAIDS to participate in one of five consultative workshops designed to review these theories/models and rethink their adequacy for Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. A new communications framework for HIV/AIDS was developed to move from a focus on the individual to a focus on five domains of "contexts" that influence behaviors: government policy, socioeconomic status (SES), culture, gender relations, and spirituality.
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